Demon King, you just need to conquer, and your husband will come up with the solution.

So... opening a restaurant, taking some time off, etc... Oh, I'd better take it easy for now. Forget it.

Haha, this guy is very mean, isn’t he?

In my previous life, when I was a corporate slave working 996, I slacked off all day long, trying to take time off during my busy schedule. Even though the workload was not too heavy, I kept thinking about slacking off.

Now that I'm in another world, I already have the best security and leisure time, and I can get whatever I want at will, but I don't want to sit back and do nothing, I always want to do more things...

Thinking of this, Irons couldn't help but smile at himself.

This laughter also attracted the attention of Polly, who was cleaning the dormitory beside Irons. She asked curiously, "Mr. Irons, are you thinking of something happy again?"

"Ah~ I guess~"

"Can you tell me something?"

"Well... you might not understand what I'm saying, so forget it~"

Irons laughed, and then suddenly thought of something, and said to his sister Bolu on the other side: "By the way, Bolu, can you go find Finia?"

"Hmm? Mr. Irons, do you need anything?"

"I want to go out of the Demon King's Castle again to see the situation in the Demon King's City."

……

"Lord Ains, I am honored that you would allow me to be your attendant when you inspect the people's sentiments."

Ains, who had disguised himself as a young vampire, and head maid Finia, who had also changed their clothes, were walking on the streets of the Demon King's Castle.

However, even after changing her clothes, Finia's temperament was still a little too conspicuous, and her maid style could not be hidden.

So even if Irons tried every way to make himself more down-to-earth, he was always exposed by Finia who followed him.

"Um...Finya, can I make a suggestion?"

"Yes, Lord Irons, please go ahead."

"We are now on an incognito tour. You act too much like a maid, making me look less like an ordinary demon. So, you can relax a little and don't have to keep using honorifics to address me..."

"Okay Lord Irons, I understand, Lord Irons."

Looking at Finia who clearly knew she was wrong but refused to change, Irons' expression became awkward.

Fortunately, families that can afford to hire maids are not uncommon in the Demon King's Castle, so having a maid accompany you shopping is not too revealing.

At least, Finia still hid her iconic dragon horns, so no one could tell that the person following Ains was a maid from the dragon clan.

However, it might not be appropriate for Ains to pretend to be a foreign vampire who had just arrived in the Demon King's City like he did last time.

This time, he had to think of a new identity that was more in line with his current conditions...

"Hey! Brother Vampire! I remember you!"

Just as Irons was thinking about how he would make up his identity this time, a rough and heroic voice sounded in his ears, interrupting his thoughts.

His expression froze and he turned to look at the source of the voice, only to see a two-meter-tall red-skinned troll man carrying a sack that was almost the same size as his body walking towards him.

Irons quickly recalled the old man's name from his memory, Batum.

"Ah~ Brother Batum! Long time no see, how have you been lately?"

"Hahaha~ Very good, very good~ Business has been booming recently~ Do you see this big bag of sweet potatoes on my back? I'll carry it to the market later, and it will be bought up by those beast-headed demons soon~ I've made a lot of money recently using this method~"

Looking at the smiling face of the troll, the Aiens people seemed to be infected by it and smiled heartily.

"Hey, where's your wife? Didn't she go shopping with you? And why is there a new girl around you?"

Irons' expression froze, and after turning his head to look at Finia, he quickly turned his head and made up a story to Batum without even starting a draft: "Ah~ This is my wife's distant cousin in the Demon King's Castle, Finny from the demon clan.

I am currently working as a maid in a wealthy family in the Demon King’s Castle. I don’t have a place to stay here, so I am trying to use this relationship to work as a servant in that wealthy family. At least I can have a meal~”

As he said that, Irons winked at Finia, and Finia immediately understood and nodded to Batum, "Well, he is my cousin-in-law after all, I can't just leave him alone."

Seeing that Finia actually answered the call, Ains immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that although this head maid couldn't let go of her temperament, she was still reliable at the critical moment.

Batum didn't doubt him at all, he laughed and said, "Haha~ It's not bad to find this relationship, at least I can stay in the Demon King's City and don't have to hang out outside the city. The city is much better than outside the city~"

Irons also smiled and helped out. After taking a look at the sack behind Batum, he said, "It just so happens that the owner is going to buy some food. Finny and I are going to the market to buy some things. Can we go together?"

"Okay, let's go together. I'll just tell you about something that happened to me recently. That group of beast-headed demons suddenly became like a bottomless pit and asked for as many big-leaf potatoes as they wanted..."

In this way, with Batum talking loudly, the group walked towards the market.

After arriving at the market, Batum did not set up a stall like he did the last time he met Irons. Instead, he went directly to the familiar Minotaur and sold the big-leafed sweet potatoes he dug today.

On the other hand, Irons was acting to the end and went to buy some ingredients from the market. However, during this process, Irons suddenly found something wrong...

"Ah? Why has the price of the big-leaf sweet potato increased again? Yesterday it was five magic crystals per pound, but now it's six!?" A demon woman couldn't help but question when she looked at the price of the big-leaf sweet potato sold by the vendor.

When questioned, the dog-headed demon vegetable vendor waved his hands in annoyance: "Buy if you want, buy if you don't want, get out of here. If you don't want to buy, there are plenty of people who will."

"How can you do business like this!?"

"Huh? See that convoy over there? They can buy the bigleaf potatoes that you don't buy."

"But they only charge four magic crystals per pound!"

"So what? If I sell four, I won't lose money. If I sell six, I'll make a lot of money. It's up to you whether you want to buy or not. This is my price anyway."

"You are such a shameless bastard!"

The demon woman cursed and turned around to change several stalls, but the prices offered were all similar. After picking and choosing for a long time, she finally bought several kilograms of poor quality large-leaf potatoes from an old demon's stall at the price of five per kilogram.

Such situations are common throughout the market.

Irons couldn't help but frowned, and at this time, Batum came back to Irons with a bag of magic crystals and said with a smile: "Hey, brother, how about we go have a drink later~"

"Ah...haha, let's get together again next time when we have time...By the way, Brother Batum, has the price of bigleaf yams increased a lot recently?"

"Ah, it has indeed increased. In the past, it was 4 magic crystals per pound, and the Beast Head Magic Team bought it for about the same price, but recently the retail price seems to have increased to about or .

Although the price is high, retail sales are too slow, so I prefer to sell directly to the fleet. I give them as much as they want for a large bag.

Well, anyway, those of us who grow big-leaf potatoes have made a lot of money these days, which is a good thing ~ hahaha ~"

Listening to Batum's words, Irons' expression gradually became serious.

Is it a good thing? That may not be the case...

Chapter 65: Small Problem? Big Problem!

Irons did not accept Batum's invitation to drink. After saying goodbye to him hastily, he walked around the market again with a frown on his face. After the round, he no longer went to other places, but turned around and walked towards the Demon Castle with a worried look on his face.

In response, Finia asked doubtfully: "Lord Ains, are you going back now? Not going to look at other places anymore?"

"No, I just discovered something very important that I need to report to Margaret."

Seeing that Ains looked serious and solemn, Finia also felt that things did not seem simple, so she stopped asking questions and followed Ains back to the Demon King's Castle.

At this moment, in the Demon King's Castle, Margaret was discussing with Engla in the hall about the arrangements and changes to the food factory proposed by Ains.

In addition to Engla, there is another demon king in the hall, that is Warden Sophia.

Because the series of plans and layouts proposed by Irons also require the assistance of the warden.

After all, as the only one in the Demon Realm who can graduate from a higher education institution in the human world, the responsibility of the turtle student Sophia is not just to establish new laws for the Demon King's City.

She is also responsible for the important task of training new-era civil servants for the Demon King's City. Currently, almost all of the civil servants in the Demon King's City are under Sophia.

Irons proposed to set up officials to manage the food industry. Where would these officials come from? Naturally, they would be recruited from Sofia's staff.

"Sophia, take a look at this plan and tell me who you think can be assigned to these positions?"

Sophia took the document handed to her by Margaret and read the plan written on it. As she read more, her eyes gradually became serious.

She looked up eagerly and asked, "Lady Margaret, are all these your plans?"

"Um... I didn't do it, so what? Do you think there's anything wrong with it?"

Sophia quickly waved her hands and explained, "No, no, no, it's just... I'm a little surprised... The various departments here facing the food industry management planning are very useful for reference in my opinion!

This plan takes into account almost every step in the food production and sales process in great detail, and these planned departments may be applicable to more than just the food industry.

For example, in the Arsenal, we can refer to the ideas in this article to adjust and modify some positions to improve overall efficiency. The maturity and meticulousness of this plan really surprised me...

Lady Margaret, someone who can come up with this kind of plan is a rare talent. May I meet him, please?"

Seeing Sophia's pleased expression, Margaret's face couldn't help but become subtle. To be honest, Sophia seemed to be the opponent of Ains becoming the king's husband.

She couldn't help but smile inexplicably and responded, "That talent, you have already met him."

"Hmm? Already seen it?"

Sophia was stunned. She had seen a person who could write such a plan before? Then why didn't she have any impression of him? Did she meet anyone special recently...

"Margaret! Margaret! There's something very important we need to take care of quickly!"

Just as Sophia was lost in thought, the sound of hurried footsteps and shouting interrupted her thoughts. Ains came quickly to the parliament hall without even taking off his vampire attire.

Sophia couldn't help but frown when she saw this. An unknown vampire not only barged into the conference hall so ostentatiously, but also dared to call Lady Margaret by her name! ?

Don't be so arrogant!

Sophia was about to open her mouth to scold him, but after careful observation, she found that something seemed to be wrong. This vampire... didn't seem to be a vampire?

After taking a closer look, Sophia realized belatedly that this person was not a demon at all, but a human.

Sophia was shocked. When did a human appear in the Demon King's Castle? Ah... I remembered that it was the human prince consort chosen by the Demon King during the meeting.

Hiss... There have been so many things happening recently that she almost has no memory of them.

Margaret was shocked to see Irons rushing into the hall so anxiously, and asked quickly: "What's the matter? Irons? What makes you so anxious..."

"It's a market problem. The retail price of big-leafed sweet potatoes in the market is increasing at an abnormal rate. It's my negligence. I was busy asking you to purchase big-leafed sweet potatoes on a large scale, but I forgot to ask you to regulate the supply and demand level in the market."

As he spoke, Irons reported to Margaret in detail what he had observed in the market before.

Upon hearing the news, the expression on the devil queen's face gradually became solemn, while Sophia on the side was a little confused.

Because in her opinion, the fact that sweet potatoes became more expensive was too small. Even the smallest dispute cases she had handled were bigger than this.

She totally didn't understand why this human prince was so eager to mention such an insignificant matter in the conference hall.

Engla showed a curious look and asked, "Has the price of big-leafed sweet potatoes increased? I haven't heard about this from my group of beast-headed demons..."

Irons corrected, “The price of big-leafed sweet potatoes that has increased now is the retail price, which is different from the purchase price of your subordinates, Mr. Engla, but it is somewhat related.

Because the beast-headed demons under your command have been buying up big-leafed sweet potatoes without limit, the big-leafed sweet potatoes in the market of Demon King City are in short supply.

Once there is a shortage of supply in the market, it will easily become a seller's market. The pricing power will gradually shift to the sellers, causing the sellers to drive up prices.

At present, the purchase price is stable because it is Demon Castle that purchases the big-leaf sweet potatoes. As the buyer, we have higher rights, so we can control the price to remain unchanged at 4 magic crystals per pound.

But in the retail market, the situation is the opposite. With us as a major purchaser, vegetable vendors no longer have to worry about sales. Even if they cannot sell the products at retail, they can still sell them to Demon Castle.

Therefore, they have the confidence to raise prices for ordinary people.

So far, our acquisition plan has only been implemented for more than a week, and the price of big-leaf sweet potatoes in the market has risen from 4 magic crystals to 6 magic crystals, and there are even 7 magic crystals..."

Irons explained to the three people present how dangerous the matter was.

It is not a big deal that food prices fluctuate. As long as there is supply and demand, fluctuations are natural.

If it were in a normal human empire, Ains would not be so anxious. If the price of one kind of food increases, people will naturally choose other cheaper foods. Soon there will be an oversupply, and the price will fluctuate and return to normal levels.

Unless all grain prices increase at the same time, it means that the grain dealers are causing trouble. At this time, it is not an ordinary fluctuation in grain prices, but someone is deliberately disrupting the market. We must take strong measures to make these dealers wake up!

However, the Demon Realm has a fatal flaw, which is that the food options are too limited. Most races rely on crops such as sweet potatoes to survive and have almost no other choices.

The price fluctuation of big-leaf sweet potatoes directly affects whether the people in Demon King City can have enough food.

Therefore, this matter cannot be delayed and must be regulated immediately!

After Ains' explanation, Sophia and Engla finally understood that there were so many issues behind the simple price increase of sweet potato.

Sophia, in particular, had her eyes brightened after hearing Irons' in-depth and easy-to-understand explanation of the so-called supply and demand relationship.

She couldn't help but look at the plan in her hand that described the mature industrial management system, and recalled what Margaret had said to her.

I have seen it before... Could it be that the author of this plan is the human prince in front of me! ?

Compared to Sophia's myriad thoughts, Engla was more concerned about how to solve the problem. He asked, "So, Mr. Irons, how do you think we should solve the issue of the price increase of bigleaf potatoes?"

Ains stroked his chin and thought for a while, then said, "As the absolute staple food that currently dominates the lives of the residents of Demon King City, the price of big-leafed sweet potatoes can no longer be left to the market to set as barbarically as before.

My suggestion is that from now on, the Demon Castle should determine the selling price of the big-leaf sweet potatoes in the Demon City market. As for the selling price, I think we need to conduct a thorough investigation of the specific economic conditions of the residents of the Demon City, and then make dynamic adjustments.